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Amend the Alaska Constitution so that no new tax can be created or increased without a statewide vote of the people.

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MisalignedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 70%

All three cited sources are reachable and substantively support the MISALIGNED rating. (1) The gov.alaska.gov PRIMARY press release (Jan 30, 2019) contains the cited quote verbatim ("Any new tax or tax rate increase passed by the Legislature will require a vote of the people.") and documents Dunleavy proposing the "No New Taxes Without Input from Alaskans" constitutional amendment requiring voter approval of new/increased taxes — establishing the promise and his championing of it. (2) The Alaska Public Media article (Jan 30, 2019) supports the SJR 4 claim, but the rating's quote is a light paraphrase, not verbatim: the article actually reads "Another amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 4, would require a popular vote on any new or increased taxes." The material assertion is present near-verbatim, so this is a citation-hygiene issue, not a fabrication; I substituted the true text in the verified sources. (3) The ADN article (Jan 27, 2026) contains both cited sentences verbatim and confirms Dunleavy introduced a statewide sales tax in the Legislature while the sole constitutional amendment in his 2026 package concerns the PFD, not a public-vote-on-taxes requirement. The ADN source is silent on whether the sales tax itself requires a public vote; however a corroborating search confirms SB 227 is an ordinary legislative bill that would not require a statewide vote on the tax, so the rationale's decisive inference — that in 2026 Dunleavy moved to create a tax through legislative enactment without the voter approval his promised amendment was designed to guarantee — is well-founded in the broader record. The MISALIGNED characterization (acting against the substance of the pledge, short of HOSTILE) does not overstate the documented evidence, and the rating is appropriately hedged at 0.66 confidence, explicitly flagging the ATTEMPTED-vs-MISALIGNED judgment call. The lone blemish (a paraphrased secondary quote) is not disqualifying given the verbatim PRIMARY quote and verbatim 2026 ADN quotes. Rating upheld.

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